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September 29, 2019 18:00
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dell-smm-hwmon.conf to force loading of dell-smm-hwmon module on "unsupported" Dell laptops (like XPS 13 9350)
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| #Force loading of the Dell Laptop SMM BIOS hwmon driver | |
| options dell-smm-hwmon ignore_dmi=1 restricted=0 force=1 | |
| #Added ignore_dmi=1 per https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/9pdgid/configuring_the_xps_to_play_nice_with_linux/ | |
| #Added force=1 per https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094485/dell-xps-15-9570-how-to-control-the-fans |
Good to know. Don't have this machine anymore, so hopefully that little tidbit helps others. What should the value for restricted be?
The value for restricted should be 1, which is already the default value.
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The option
restricted=0allows other non-privileged users to change the fan speed, this could be a security problem.